This morning Supreme Court Justice Westmin James awarded former B.T.B. director, Karen Bevans, the largest defamation award granted in recent history. Justice James awarded Bevans sixty thousand dollars in compensatory [...]
According to Barrow, PM Briceño’s defense also argued that as the Prime Minister of the country he is entitled to offer his position on affairs. Barrow says RSV Limited found [...]
On the matter of the contract that Government has awarded to Smart, the Prime Minister said today that the Opposition has no moral grounds when it calls for the resignation [...]
B.T.L. was acquired under the Barrow Administration in August of 2009. Barrow has been heavily criticized for the price paid under his leadership to acquire the telecom giant. Notwithstanding, under [...]
One of the hot topics that Prime Minister Briceño also touched on this morning was the high cost of living. So while the economy has been rebounding faster than the [...]
Switching hats from attorney to former party leader, Dean Barrow lamented the current state of the United Democratic Party. He expressed strong feelings over the current division within the party [...]
Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow also took responsibility, in part, for the historic defeat experienced at the polls in November of 2020. Barrow admitted that towards the end of the [...]
Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow returned to Belize today after a tour in the U.S. where he met with several members of the U.S. Congress and city mayors. In [...]
While on Open Your Eyes, Prime Minister Briceño also commented on the difficult decision to cut nurses pay alongside other public officers. Prime Minister John Briceño “Now we have [...]
The Prime Minister says that some projects have had to be put on the back burner due to the COVID-19 situation and constraints. One of those is a free education [...]
Today was the first day of classes for primary school students who had to return to classes—virtually once more—after their already considerable time with distance learning going back to March [...]
Last week social media accounts blew up with posts and comments condemning what many thought was a privileged approval granted to a well-to-do Indian couple to hold their wedding and [...]
Could the police have prevented the death of Angela Rodriguez during an attack last Monday? Family members are saying that her death could have been averted if police had detained [...]
It was a relatively quiet weekend as there were no shooting incidents recorded over the last few days, but there were a number of property crimes in the west. On [...]
Thieves also targeted the Caribbean Tires in the Spanish Lookout community. But they didn’t get far, as residents who responded managed to capture the suspects before the police arrived to [...]
Two suspects are being sought in the murder of Angel Chimal in Corozal. Last Thursday, officers responded to a call from the Chimal home in the Finca Solana area. Guadalupe [...]
There was a fatal road traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway over the weekend. Michael Acosta was riding a motorcycle heading towards Pomona Village when he could not avoid hitting [...]
ACP Joseph Myvett this afternoon told the media about the police department having arrested a number of persons at gambling houses in the city. According to the police, sets of [...]
A little over fifty gang members were picked up by a state of emergency put in place by the Briceño Administration to curb the recent spike in gun violence in [...]
The Belize Network of N.G.O.s has issued a release expressing its concern about the direct threat to the headwaters of the Belize River and other negative economic impacts generated by [...]
Late last week, the Government of Belize issued a joint statement from the Ministries of Sustainable Development and Natural Resources, saying that they are working with BML to ensure that [...]
The BNN is recommending that the media and other independent entities be invited to the site to find out for themselves exactly what is happening with Boiton Minerals Limited, which [...]
Minister of Sustainable Development Orlando Habet says that the Chiquibul does provide about forty percent of the water for the country. Luckily, Boiton doesn’t use any chemicals in its activities, [...]
In an update to our story on the San Ignacio Hospital COVID cases among the staff a few days ago, the Ministry of Health and Wellness announced today that all [...]
Two doctors who died of COVID-19 last December were honoured today on the occasion of their birthday. Twins, Doctors Kevin and Kenneth Guerra, were happy and healthy and very much [...]
